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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/common/serialize.lua b/builtin/common/serialize.lua
index caf989e69..06eb181e0 100644
--- a/builtin/common/serialize.lua
+++ b/builtin/common/serialize.lua
@@ -61,17 +61,18 @@ end
-- Serializes Lua nil, booleans, numbers, strings, tables and even functions
-- Tables are referenced by reference, strings are referenced by value. Supports circular tables.
local function serialize(value, write)
- local reference, refnum = "r1", 1
- -- [object] = reference string
+ local reference, refnum = "1", 1
+ -- [object] = reference
local references = {}
-- Circular tables that must be filled using `table[key] = value` statements
local to_fill = {}
for object, count in pairs(count_objects(value)) do
local type_ = type(object)
-- Object must appear more than once. If it is a string, the reference has to be shorter than the string.
- if count >= 2 and (type_ ~= "string" or #reference + 2 < #object) then
+ if count >= 2 and (type_ ~= "string" or #reference + 5 < #object) then
+ write"_["
write(reference)
- write("=")
+ write("]=")
if type_ == "table" then
write("{}")
elseif type_ == "function" then
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ local function serialize(value, write)
to_fill[object] = reference
end
refnum = refnum + 1
- reference = ("r%X"):format(refnum)
+ reference = ("%d"):format(refnum)
end
end
-- Used to decide whether we should do "key=..."
@@ -110,7 +111,9 @@ local function serialize(value, write)
-- Reference types: table, function and string
local ref = references[value]
if ref then
- return write(ref)
+ write"_["
+ write(ref)
+ return write"]"
end
if type_ == "string" then
return write(quote(value))
@@ -156,7 +159,9 @@ local function serialize(value, write)
-- Write the statements to fill circular tables
for table, ref in pairs(to_fill) do
for k, v in pairs(table) do
+ write("_[")
write(ref)
+ write("]")
if use_short_key(k) then
write(".")
write(k)
@@ -202,7 +207,7 @@ function core.deserialize(str, safe)
if not func then return nil, err end
-- math.huge is serialized to inf, NaNs are serialized to nan by Lua
- local env = {inf = math_huge, nan = nan}
+ local env = {inf = math_huge, nan = nan, _ = {}}
if safe then
env.loadstring = dummy_func
else